How long would the topiary challenge take on guesstimate with organic food and focused only on the trails??

There is a big new release coming soon.

It does take time, even longer without the rainbow rocks as there are all the UNIs to repeat over & over.

Took me over a month just to finish the violet trail :-o

I will miss out on the new challenge as the tops i won't be doing i just catch them :)

I been delay doing Topiary for years, but finally started doing them and in fact really love doing them! I am halfway through and regret not doing them sooner! They are not that hard, and there are still plenty of gardens doing them to allow spotting! In fact, my garden has never been so busy!

I would encourage people to start off with just one plate at a time and as you get confident it will become easier! Use the tools to your advantage, eg the calculator and rainbow rocks, and just have fun!

Ahhhh if only I could hurry along with my rainbow quest Level VI, I've been planning to do Topiaries after it is complete, for, oh, ever since last November, when I thought I'd get Rainbow Rocks done and dusted before the Advent Calendar kicked in!

Nice of Mike to give us a heads-up this time.

around 7-12 months if u use super occasionally. that is without rainbow rocks too. with rainbow rocks u can cut at least a month off it. this is only doing tops and nothing else and growing plants ahead of time too

I did it without rainbow rocks. You'd just need to have a pink cap on the go all the time so it can be ready before the time runs out when the uni comes up.
There are other plants that need to be RTH too, so just treat mushys the same as them.
I found the greenhouse very useful in doing rainbow of fish and bottom dwellers as you can keep RTH mushies ready to go when needed.

oh, with the calculator, you can be growing the mushy during previous stages to be ready when needed.
I took 18 months to do topiary, but without the calculator.

I'll have to do it without the greenhouse as I'm nowhere near finishing the topiary trail.  I know people who had such a miserable time doing it that they put me off.  I don't have rainbow rocks either.  How do I get them and what do they do?